Bicycle-support.



No. 698,277. Patented Apr. 22,1902;

v c. HAMMOND.

BICYCLE SUPPORT.

(Application filed Jan. 8, 1902.) (No Model.)

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UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE:

CHARLES HAMMOND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BICYC LE-s UPPOiRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,277, dated April 22, 19053.

- Application filed January 8, 1902. Serial No. 88,927. (No model) and State of New York, have invented new" and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device which can serve as a support for a bicycle and also to lock or secure the same against theft when temporarily left unguarded, the device being portable or adapted to be readily carried, for.

- closed. The clasp and collar can have eyes example, in the pocket.

The invention is set forth in the following, specification and claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the support holding a wheel. Fig. 2 is a face View of Fig;

1. Fig.3 is a plan view of Fig. 2. 4

shows the base-sections folded, the clamp being omitted.

The support proper consists of two base pieces pivotedito each other andcapable of being turned at any angle relatively to one another. two sections,- as 1 1 and.2 2', alLhaving the common pivot 3, about which they can turn, so that when the base-pieces lie parallel or" aline with one another the respective sections can be brought together or to half-length, like a pocket-ruler, and'be easily carried in a pocket. pintle for permitting the sectionsto be extended or brought together (opened orclosed) and as a turningpoint about which the base pieces or strips whentheir' respective sections are extended can turn relatively to one another. v When turnedor placed at an'angle, the two base-pieces prevent the bicycle from toppling or falling over and also from The upper base-piece 2 2 has toes 4 4', which rest on'the ground and give space for the other-or'under base-piece 1 1 to swing or be placed at an angle. piece has lugs 5 5' for carrying pintles 66',

by means of which clasps or braces 7 7"are Each piece or stripzismade up of Pivot 8 thus serves as a hinge Each section of the upper base-- attached tovthe upper base-piece, and,said

braces, swinging about these pintles, their other ends or neck parts can be brought together, as seenat 8,8. These meeting ends thus form a clasp or neck for gripping the spoke 9, and the rim 10 of the wheel being clasped by braces 7 7 a firm support for the bicycle is thus provided. A

The clasp-sections 8 8 are locked-by a collar or nut 11, which is suitably slitted, as at 12, so that it can be passed about the spoke and slipped or screwed to lockingposition on the neck or clasp sections 8 8 to hold them 13 14, respectively, to receive a padlock or other locking device 15. I p j When the clasp or clamp is unlocked and opened, so that its branches or sections 7 7 swing down onto base-section 2, and the two base-sections are then'folded tohalf-length about'pivot 3, the support is reduced to such jaws pivoted orjswinging on the 2. A support comprising base pieces each piece composedof pivoted sections adapted to double or fold to one another, said pivot being made to also pivotally unite the several pieces to enable the latter to be swung relatively to one another, and a clamp or jaws carried by the base-pieces.

. .3.;A;support comprising-abase and jaws pivoted to the'gbase, said jawsbeing adapted to clasp a wheel rim or tire and provided with a neck or neck-sections adapted'to' clasp a spoke. a V

4. A support comprising a base and jaws pivoted to the base, said-jaws being adapted toclasp a wheel rim or tire and provided with a neck or neck-sections adaptedto clasp a spoke, and means for locking the jaws and neck about a rim and spoke.

5. A support comprising a base and jaws pivoted to the base, said jaws being adapted my hand in the presence of two subscribing to clasp a wheel rim or tire and provided with witnesses.

a neck or neck-sections adapted to clasp a his 7 spoke, and a 100k for the jaws consisting of CHARLES HAMMOND. 5 a split and threaded ring adapted to be passed i m about a spoke and screwed to the closed neck- Witnesses:

sections. MARY CLYNEs,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set W. C. HAUFF. 

